The article converts an importer or distributor into a manufacturer in two situations. The first is placing the product on the market under its own name or trade mark. The second is changing a product that is already on the market in a way that may affect compliance with the Directive. The trigger for modification is risk, not proof. If the change may affect compliance, the full manufacturer obligations in Article 7 apply: design to Annex I, the Annex IV technical file and procedure, the declaration, CE marking, the five-year retention and the corrective-action duties. This matters for own-brand retail, for localisation that changes packaging or instructions, and for firmware or software changes that alter the user interface.
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